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单词 underplay
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underplayn.

Brit. /ˈʌndəpleɪ/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌpleɪ/
Etymology: under- prefix1 4b.
1. An underlying or hidden motion or action.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [noun] > hidden tendency or activity
under-water1618
undercurrent1792
undertow1817
underplay1845
underswell1849
nigger in the fence1850
nigger in the woodpile1852
underflow1854
—— in the woodpile1857
undernote1857
undertone1861
underdrift1891
under-belly1962
1845 J. Martineau Ess., Rev., & Addr. (1890) I. 63 The under-play of a living enthusiasm beneath the dry matter of the composition.
1862 R. Vaughan Eng. Nonconformity 224 The king was a party to this underplay.
2. Cards. (See quot. 1863.)
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > actions or tactics > specific
discarding1592
facing1635
pull1715
lead1742
return1742
discard1778
solo1814
underplay1850
convention1862
force1862
showdown1870
unblocking1885
false-carding1923
passed hand1924
exit1934
reverse1936
loser-on-loser1947
1850 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games 21.
1863 ‘Cavendish’ Princ. Whist (ed. 5) 42 Underplay is keeping up the winning card, generally in the second round of a suit, by leading a low card, though holding the best.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

underplayv.

Brit. /ˌʌndəˈpleɪ/, U.S. /ˌəndərˈpleɪ/
Etymology: under- prefix1 4a(b), 5(a)
1. reflexive. To play below one's ability.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [verb (reflexive)] > play below one's ability
underplay1733
1733 Ld. Harvey in Craftsman No. 376 No person is ever known to flatter at this game [sc. chess], by underplaying himself.
2. intransitive. To play a low card, though holding a high one of the same suit, in hope of later advantage. (Also used transitively.)
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play at cards [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics
pass1599
pluck1606
pulla1625
to play high1640
to follow suit1643
to play at forsat1674
lead1677
overdrawc1805
stand1813
retract1823
underplay1850
to hold up1879
to throw in one's hand1893
build1901
build-down1983
1850 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games 21 To underplay, he wins the trick with the ace, and returns the small one.
1863 ‘Cavendish’ Princ. Whist (ed. 5) 42 Experienced players frequently endeavour to obtain the entire command of their suit by underplaying.
3. Theatre. To underact (a part); to perform with deliberate restraint. Also figurative.
a. intransitive.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (intransitive)] > in specific manner
to tear a (the) cat1600
to top one's part1672
to walk through ——1824
corpse1874
sketch1888
underplay1896
to play for laughs (also a laugh)1900
register1913
scene-steal1976
1896 G. B. Shaw Let. 16 Mar. (1965) I. 612 Waring..will not exactly fail: he will only underplay, and all the papers will treat him with great politeness.
1962 Movie Dec. 10/2 In Dawn Patrol we underplayed, dispensing with the emoting and ham-acting.
1975 New Yorker 17 Nov. 159/1 Tiant..did not have full command of his breaking stuff and was forced to underplay.
b. transitive.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (transitive)] > act in specific manner
misact1609
tragedize1755
overact1760
overplay1767
to walk through ——1824
underact1847
to play down to ——1880
routine1897
underplay1897
milk1921
ham1933
hoke1935
to camp it up1957
to play for laughs (also a laugh)1963
undercharacterize1970
1897 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 18 Dec. 712/1 No actor can possibly play leading parts of the first order six nights a week all the year round unless he underplays them, or routines them mechanically in the old stock manner.
1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? xi. 208 He came in quietly, under~playing the scene.
1976 Daily Tel. 11 Aug. 9/8 Whatever happened..to the amazing gift Mr Williams showed here for underplaying his lines?.. In the Hancock world..he let the character..speak.
4. figurative. To play down the importance of (something); to present less emphatically than usual.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > underestimate or undervalue
to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395
disprize1480
misprize1483
to make light of1526
extenuate1529
to make the worst ofc1530
seclude?1531
to take (also wrest) to the worst1531
deprisec1550
disparagea1556
undermatch1571
embase1577
underbid1593
underprize1600
underpoise1602
undervalue1611
minorize1615
underspeak1635
underthink1646
underrate1650
minify1676
under-measure1682
underpraise1698
sneeze1806
understate1824
disappreciate1828
under-estimatea1850
minimize1866
to play down1869
worsen1885
to sell short1936
downplay1948
underplay1949
lowball1979
minimalize1979
1949 M. Mead Male & Female v. 124 So among the Arapesh the six-year-olds are treated gently, their sex underplayed.
1965 New Statesman 16 Apr. 599/3 They slowly start approaching the peasants, buying provisions at high prices and..underplaying their communist identity.
1973 C. Bonington Next Horizon iii. 60 The others had tried to underplay my narrow escape, but she had heard them talk about it amongst themselves.
1980 Amer. Speech 55 120 Scargill's book underplays, to some extent, the influence of America on Canadian English.
1983 R. Scruton Aesthetic Imagination ii. 15 The point of under-playing intention is to insist on the public character of the aesthetic object.

Derivatives

underˈplayed adj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [adjective] > underestimating or undervaluing > understated
understated1937
underplayed1951
downbeat1953
1951 T. Sterling House without Door iii. 26 It was not much different from any other bar..but it had a kind of underplayed elegance which he liked.
1973 J. J. McKelvey Man against Tsetse ii. 83 Davies' analysis of the controversy stressed the underplayed contributions of Nabarro and Baker.
underˈplaying n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > underestimation or undervaluing > understatement or underplaying
diminution1303
meiosis1550
extenuation1589
liptote1589
meiosis1642
litote1645
litotes1656
understatement1799
underplaying1896
1896 G. B. Shaw Let. 16 Mar. (1965) I. 612 XYZ's underplaying will not hurt Janet.
1962 Listener 13 Dec. 1025/1 Kenneth More's easy underplaying adapts to the television screen much better than one might have thought.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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